October 24, 2017
Our road to happiness is different than we envision. It does not require effort or great searching or doing. It is a road that brings the awareness of the happiness within us to our awareness. The road is one we take with another, the one with us at any given moment. Our relationships are the catalyst. When we allow ourselves to see another as the divine one they truly are, that relationship is healed – it becomes holy – and we find peace and light, and rest in that relationship. There is nothing we need do but let our relationship be what it really is – a holy relationship. One instant spent together with another restores the universe to both of you. You are prepared. Now you need but to remember you need do nothing.
Here is the ultimate release which everyone will one day find in their own way, at their own time. You do not need this time. Time has been saved for you because you and another are together. This is the special means this course is using to save you time. You are not making use of the course if you insist on using means which have served others well, neglecting what was made for you. Save time for me by only this one preparation, and practice doing nothing else. “I need do nothing” is a statement of allegiance, a truly undivided loyalty. Believe it for just one instant, and you will accomplish more than is given to a century of contemplation, or of struggle against temptation. T-18.VII.6:1-8
There is no need to suffer, and no need to grovel and beat ourselves up for anything. We simply allow Spirit to guide our thoughts to the awareness of who and what we really are. We allow ourselves to realize we are not this body we appear to be and thus allow this body to be used for the holy purpose Spirit gives it.
We who need do nothing have no need for time. To do nothing is to rest, and make a place within us where the activity of the body ceases to demand attention. Into this place Spirit comes, and abides. And Spirit will remain when we forget, and the body’s activities return to occupy our conscious mind. In this place will we always find light and peace waiting for us to remember that what we want is within us. It always has been and always will be. The Course assures us:
Yet there will always be this place of rest to which you can return. And you will be more aware of this quiet center of the storm than all its raging activity. This quiet center, in which you do nothing, will remain with you, giving you rest in the midst of every busy doing on which you are sent. For from this center will you be directed how to use the body sinlessly. It is this center, from which the body is absent, that will keep it so in your awareness of it. T-18.VII.8:1-5
As we allow ourselves to be in this place of peaceful rest within us, the light within us will shine brightly for all who so wish to see. The light we are cannot be shuttered. The peace we are cannot be denied. It is as sure as our divine nature which cannot be hidden. Release your attachment to all you have placed in the way of your awareness of who you truly are and rest in the peace and light of Spirit’s presence within you. Only then will the whole world see you as you truly are and join you in the peace within all of us.
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